Subj : Perl Stuff
To   : David Drummond
From : Russ Johnson
Date : Sat Aug 25 2001 12:35 pm

> To allow for thos users who cannot follow your instructions you need to add
> both variations (tripwire.com and rumblefish.tripwire.com) to the
> /etc/sendmail.cf file using Cw lines.

No, I don't. That file is for domains that sendmail receives mail FOR, not that 
can send mail to it. Otherwise, you'd have to list every domain that might send 
you mail. In other words, only my own domain names go in that file. You should 
never have to list someone elses domain in the cw file. BTW, in the newer 
versions of Sendmail, that file changed to "local-host-names". On my Redhat 
box, it's in /etc/mail.

If we start making allowances for those that can't or won't follow 
instructions, then there's no point in having standards. 

Anyone can send to me, as long as it's coming from a valid domain. 

However, when Joe Blow sets up a mail slave that pumps out mail from 
hotsex.funky.com, and that domain doesn't resolve, I bounce it right back at 
him. 

If someone misconfigures their email client, they need to learn how to 
configure it properly. If it's coming that way from the distributor, then they 
either need to learn how to distribute it so that it get's configured properly, 
or give instructions on how to properly configure. 

As far as I'm concerned, spam is something to be squashed. 

Russ

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